Gotcha. When I boot it up with the eGPU connected, the laptop still starts up no problem. I hear the eGPU’s internal fan running and see it charging my laptop, but the NVIDIA GPU itself doesn’t run.
With my non-Framework laptop, I did the following:
- Started up the laptop and logged in
- Wait about 5 minutes for everything to load in the background
- Connect the power cord to the eGPU
- Connect the Thunderbold cable to the laptop’s Thunderbolt port
Then everything turned on as expected. When I connect it all immediately after the laptop loaded to the home screen, the GPU would show a flash and then turn off. It seemed that letting the PC run whatever background processes for a few minutes, and then connecting, that worked. I would sometimes disconnect and reconnect until it worked.
When I tried to do the same on the Framework, no dice. I see the GPU power up the light, but it goes away. I tried all of the modular ports just to be sure. There are a few posts where people have their Framework run with their eGPU. I feel like I’m close, but missing something, perhaps a BIOS setting…
Also, according to one of the Reddit comments, the PSU should be enough to support the GPU. They said:
If you run it at the same time as your PC, maybe you are running out of power for a moment?
The 1080 (170w) and 2070 (180w) are from the same series, so the 3060 (180w) could work.
The Gaming Box is a Flex power supply, so there isn’t much variety…
It seems that the 3060 needs a minimum of 180W? That’s how I understood it.